My Blog Part 2 Overview

This text gives direct links to everything I have done for Part 2 of this blog.
This is so it is easier to navigate and find the posts in my blog. Everything is here, as well as quite a bit of extra work. If a link doesn't work, try using the sidebar, all of it is here somewhere.....

Please note: This message is displayed at the top of my blog wherever you are in my blog. If you click on one of the links to go to that post. This will be at the top, and you will have to scroll down to see the post. This does however make it easier to navigate.

Tasks
Internet Delivered Short Films. (3%)
My Google Map, Persona and Sketchcast.(2%)
My iReport (3%)
Lecture 7 and Freeware discussion (with some extra work)(2%)
Political Participation and the Internet Tasks (3%)
Some form of art that I created. (3%)


Lectures
Lecture 5
Lecture 6 + Extra Work
Lecture 7 (Above, combined with freeware task)
Lecture 8
Lecture 9


Extra Work
There is some extra work as part of the other posts, but there is also:
Week 6 Extra Work.
Introduction: General Overview
Conclusion: My thoughts on Blogger.com

Monday, August 10, 2009

Computers - Week 2 Lecture

Computing began with "Charles Babbage's 19th century Difference Engine which was designed to calculate and print mathematical tables." Since that fateful machine, computers can now do heaps of different things, from StarCraft, to YouTube, and wireless internet.
Yada yada yada.
Computers were first comercially produced by IBM in 1950's. They were large and expensive machines, for military, government and businesses.

1970's saw the creation of useful things like the mouse by Xerox PARC.

Things grew, fast.
Moore's Law: "Capacity of micro-chips double every 2 years."

Apple soon came along, with the idea for more general use, Apple II sold heaps, and it wasn't long before the creators such as Steve Jobs were worth millions.

yada yada yada, microsoft yada yada........
and bam, we're here today using macs and owning.
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